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Show CELEBRATE BIRTH OF MUSJICKEIS NEW YORK, Feb 7 Carnegie hall was filled tonight by an audlonco assembled as-sembled to celebrato tbo one hundredth hun-dredth anniversary of tho birth of Charles Dickens The meeting was prosided over by Hamilton Wright Mable, and was addressed by many speakers distinguished In literary cir-clcs cir-clcs William Watson, tho English poet, read a poem written for the occasion, which compared Dickons to a fighter who was "perhaps the greatest warrior war-rior of them all." Tho concluding "And still across tho years His soul goes forth to battle, and In the face Of what so 'er is false, or cruel, or base, He hurls his guage and leaps among the spears, Being armed with pity and love, and scorn divine, Immortal laughter and ImmorUA) tears," A featuro of the colebration was the reading of eulogistic letters, telegrams tele-grams and calbegrams from well known authors, publishers and otnor prominent persons both In this coun try and In Europe Such were received re-ceived from James Bryce, tho British ambassador; Jules Jusserand, tno Fronch ambassador. Presldont Hadley of Yale unlvorslty, Maurice Maeter-llnk. Maeter-llnk. Ellen Terry. Winston Churchill (the American) ; Senator Lodge and George Brandes, tho Fronch novelist Gilbert K. Chesterson tonight cabled "Anc-logy and congratulations. DIckonB was popular yet independent He may yet survive the Amorlcan constitution, con-stitution, he has the British" Letters also wore read from Honrv F Dickens and Kate Poruginl, tho only surviving chlldron of the author, rogretting their inability to cross the Atlantic to attend tho celebration Among those given a seat of honor at the meeting wore Mr and Mrs. George Lawrence, the boIo klndrod of the Dickens family In America. Mr. Lawrenco's mother was a cousin of Charles Dickens. 00 |